THE

WORKS

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

A NEW EDITION.

IN TEN VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

RAMBLER
AND ADVENTURER.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR G. OFFOR, TOWER-HILL; J. REID, BERWICK;
J. FINLAY, NEWCASTLE; W. BARNES, NORTH SHIELDS;
J. GRAHAM, SUNDERLAND; G. ANDREWS, DURHAM; AND
J. GRAHAM, ALNWICK.

BODLEIAA

15.4.1912

IBRARY

CONTENTS

OF

THE FOURTH VOLUME.

CONCLUSION OF THE RAMBLER.

NUMB.

Page

155 The usefulness of advice. The danger of habits.

necessity of reviewing life

The

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156 The laws of writing not always indisputable.

tions on tragi-comedy

Reflec

157 The scholar's complaint of his own bashfulness

158 Rules of writing drawn from examples. Those exam-

ples often mistaken

159 The nature and remedies of bashfulness

160 Rules for the choice of associates

161 The revolutions of a garret

162 Old men in danger of falling into pupilage. The con-

duct of Thrasybulus .

163 The mischiefs of following a patron

164 Praise universally desired.

men often imitated

The failings of eminent

165 The impotence of wealth. The visit of Serotinus to

the place of his nativity

166 Favour not easily gained by the poor

167 The marriage of Hymenæus and Tranquilla

168 Poetry debased by mean expressions.

from Shakespeare

An example

170 The history of Misella debauched by her relation

171 Misella's description of the life of a prostitute

169 Labour necessary to excellence

172 The effect of sudden riches upon the manners

173 Unreasonable fears of pedantry

174 The mischiefs of unbounded raillery. History of Di-

176 Directions to authors attacked by criticks. The vari-

ous degrees of critical perspicacity

177 An account of a club of antiquaries

178 Many advantages not to be enjoyed together

179 The awkward merriment of a student